Cuff-link.



G. S. PAULL CUFF LINK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19. 1915,

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Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

avwewtoz U i and eUsTAr sAnnrnI-n PAULI, or ennnnsnnnc, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUFF-LINK.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Get. 16, 1917.

Application filed MarchiB, 1915. Serial No. 15,458.

To all whom it may, concern:

Be it known that I, Gos'rsr S. PAULI, a

c en ot the United States, residing at sburg, in the county of l Vestmoreland State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cmvl'jnks, of which the following is a specific:- F

The invention has for an object to provide a new form of cult button device which may be quickly applied .or removed with ea c, and which will be liable in a minimum degree to accidental disengagement. Afurther object is to provide button stud elements for engagement in respective sides of the cult, with a novel and desirable resilient connection therefor having a peculiar 1C0- operative relation to the cuff and the studs. it is a particular object to provide separate button elements and a connecting resilient member having the necessary play to permit manipulation of the device as desired, the resilient connection being so formed as to connect with the button elements, outwardly of the cult, and yet will not be prominent, but will have the necessary extended portions required for the degree of movement desired, arranged so as to go between the ends of the cuff.

Additional objects is to give such a device that may be cheaply constructed, and which may be ornamented, so that it will be attractive.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will appear from the construction, arrangement and combination of parts comprising two of the possible embodiments of my invention set forth hereinafter and illustrated in the drawings.

where,

Flgule 1 is a bottom view of a cull having my device engaged therewith,

Fig. is a side view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the fastener,

Fig. i is a detail of a modification of the device.

There is illustrated a cult of ordinary :torm, having button holes 11 at each end adjacent its lower or outer edge, in which there are engaged button studs 12, inserted from the outside, carried upon respective spring plates 13 of a resilient connecting element- 1d'. The studs each comprises a shank 15 having a rounded head 16 at its outer end, its inner end being riveted or otherwise secured to the plate The piece 19. outwardly "from a point a short distance outwardly of this eye piece, until they reach heads do notrequire to be verylarge and are of such shape that they may be easily forced in vardlv or outwardly through the button holes of the cull. The PlrlLQS 1-3 form integral parts of spring element 17, which forms a connection between the plates. This spring element comprises two spring arms 18 tapered toward their inner ends and joined by an integral circular eye The edges of the arms 18 curve the full width of the plates 18, the arms being planiform normally, until they attain this width. Their outer broad parts are hen bent outwardly and then inwardly as at 2Q, to form the plates 13, these connecting portions being preferably curved as shown, and of such dimension as to space the plates outwardly of the planit'orm per-- tions of the arms sufliciently to permit the tree play of the end edges of a cult on respective sides of the spring 17. The spring is under stress tending to force the heads of the studs 12 together, and the shanks of these studs are of such length as to hold the plates 13 approximately in parallel relation when the heads of the studs coengage.

The plates 13 and portions are preferably sufficiently rigid to resist distortion by the normal action of the spring 17, and the plates may be ornamented in any desired fashion.

It will be apparent that the device is well adapted to be economically produced from stock materials ordinarily employed for such devices, and by customary shop methods.

In use, the device may be engaged with a cult with the greatest ease. It is only necessary to press the edges of the cuff between the heads 16 with a sliding movement, either separately or together, until the button holes are engaged under the respective heads and then press the sides of the cult outwardly adjacent thebutton holes until the studs become properly engaged. Removal o1 the fastener may be easily accomplished by pulling outwardly on first one plate 13 and then the other, while the adjacent side of the out? is pressed inward. It will be noted that the arms 18 diverge in such a manner that the end portions of a cutt will be engaged and held outwardly a sufficient distance to prevent casual disengagement of the studs through the button holes.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a cross sectional View in which it will be seen that the eye portion 19 is broadened, and that the arms are atenuated', their curved edges being slightly convergent tor a short distance outwardly of the eye 19 and then divergent until they are broadened to the full Width of the plates 13, as before mentioned. In this Way the point of fieXure of the spring is moved outwardly from the studs.

it is possible to remove the device by simply pressing on the outer end portions of the plates 13, which will cause a separation of the studs and permit ready disengagement of the fastener from the cuff. it should he noted that at the same time that the studs are separated by this manipulation, the inward movement, of the outer partsof the plates 13 will press the ends ot the cutl inward forcing them oh? the studs.

In Fig. 5 a modification is illustrated in WllTlClltllB stem 25 of the stud is stamped integrally from the body of the plate 13 and a suitable head 26 secured thereon.

The heads of the studs may be formed in t eir an oblong shape with their major diinensional axis disposed to aline with the button holesand their outer sides may be somewhat pointed as shown in Fig. 5 to facilitate their engagement through the button holes.

lVhat is claimed: A cuff button comprising a body of resilient sheet metal attenuated at its intermediate part, bent at its middle to form divergent spring arms, the material of the body being abruptly reeurved at the extremities of these arms and outwardly of said attenuated portions, to form cufi confining members and headed stud elements homes or this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. it? 

